2018 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10 - Education and Culture
Chapter 163 - State Board of Education. Department of Education
Section 10-11 - Receipt and expenditure of federal funds and funds from private or municipal sources.
The State Board of Education is empowered, subject to the provisions of the general statutes, to receive any federal funds or funds from private or municipal sources made available to this state for purposes described in section 10-4 relating to preschool, elementary and secondary education, special education, vocational education, adult education, and the provision and use of educational technology for such educational purposes, and to expend such funds for the purpose or purposes for which they are made available. The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of such funds.
(1949 Rev., S. 1345; February, 1965, P.A. 330, S. 16; 1971, P.A. 382; 1972, P.A. 173; P.A. 73-313; P.A. 78-218, S. 8; P.A. 81-74, S. 2, 3; P.A. 82-314, S. 46, 63; P.A. 92-170, S. 7, 26; P.A. 95-272, S. 7, 29.)
History: 1965 act replaced general reference to “educational purposes” with specific reference to “elementary, secondary or vocational education” purposes and deleted exception for funds designated for The University of Connecticut; 1971 act added Subsec. (b) re report of disbursement of federal funds for education; 1972 act included in report requirements an accounting of federal funds available for distribution to town and regional districts during preceding and current fiscal years; P.A. 73-313 changed report deadline from February fifteenth to February first of each year; P.A. 78-218 changed report deadline to February fifteenth, required report to education committee as well as governor and substituted “local” for “town” school districts in Subsec. (b); P.A. 81-74 authorized the state board of education to receive funds from private or municipal sources to help promote the educational interests of the state including preschool, special and adult education and the provision and use of instructional technology for educational purposes; P.A. 82-314 changed official name of education committee; P.A. 92-170 deleted former Subsec. (b) concerning a report on the funds available from federal government and on disbursement of funds actually received from federal, private or municipal sources; P.A. 95-272 replaced “instructional” with “educational” in reference to technology, effective July 1, 1995.
